A Step-By-Step Guide To Creating A Quality Veterans Resource Center On Your Campus

A Veterans Resource
Center is an essential component of any college campus. Often, transitioning to
academic life can prove difficult and overwhelming for veterans. In order to
help them persist and succeed in the college experience, institutions must
create a welcoming center of support and services.

This webinar will review the history and impact of the new GI Bill and how it
affected student veterans at several campuses (universities and community
colleges), both large and small, from fall of 2009 thru fall of 2013.
Participants will learn what their individual campuses need to do to attract
and keep the veteran demographic. The ins and outs of a successful Veterans
Resource Center will also be discussed: space, equipment, community buy-in and
support, personnel, and funding.

Participants will walk step-by-step through a series of planning, design, and
implementation stages that, if followed, can lead to the creation of a quality
Veterans Resource Center. They will also learn how to evaluate the
effectiveness of the center and move forward with maintenance and growth
activities.

Dr. Schupp will be able to provide a very good estimation as to the number of
service-members who will be leaving the military in 2014, 2015, 2016, and the
mandated draw-down in 2017. This information will be provided for each military
installation by branch of service and by city that these installations are
located within. If your campus is wtihin 100 miles of a military base, this is
your 'market' of student veterans. Dr. Schupp will show an example for the
state of Kansas, but he can provide a personalized report just for your campus.
He will also provide the number of Post 9-11 veterans that have visited the VA
near you in 2013.

Goals:
- Discuss why it is essential to have a Veterans Resource Center on campus
- Explore the types of services a quality center should offer
- Learn how to recruit, train, and retain center staff
- Discover the financial impact on campus and community
- Learn how a Veterans Resource Center can affect the lives of student veterans
as well as their families